PLANNING  FOR  CENTRAL  ARIZONA’S  LOOMING  AGRICULTURAL  WATER  SHORTAGE      

2017 WRRC Conference March 28, 2017 Katosha Nakai Manager, Stakeholder Relations and Strategic Development

Current  Snowpack  CondiBon  

Current  Status:  Lower  Basin  Shortage  

Lake  Mead  is  at  eleva-on    

1089  feet  =  41%  capacity  

•  2017  –  No  Shortage  

•  2018  –  34%  probability  

•  2019  –  30%    probability  

•  2020  –  29%    probability  

•  2021  –  33%    probability  Based  on  Bureau  of  Reclama-on  projec-ons  from  January  2017  

Lake  Mead  ElevaBon  

Lower  Basin  Structural  Deficit  

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